Some
leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party led by a former Chairman of
the PDP in Kaduna State, Alhaji Audi Yaro-Makanma have joined the
Abubakar Baraje faction of the party.
Yaro-Makanma was the state party chairman between 2001 and 2007 under the Ahmed Makarfi administration in the state.
A statement signed by Yaro-Makanma and
a former member of the State House of Assembly(1999-2007), Mr. Gideon
Morik, in Kaduna on Monday, said the decision to join the New PDP was
to save the party from destruction.
It noted that the decision of the former
Vice -President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and seven governors elected on
the platform of the party, was not only worthy of commendation, but
should be emulated.
Specifically, the chieftains added that
since the elevation of Namadi Sambo as the Vice-President, the party’s
fortunes had dwindled in the state.
The party noted that the Vice-President was unable to control the party because “he lacked the political wherewithal to do so.”
The leaders said that the revolutionary
moves to sack the Bamanga Tukur-led PDP and replace it with the current
one led by Alhaji Kawu Baraje should “be replicated in all the states
chapters of the party.
The PDP chiefs stated that in Kaduna,
the support base of the party had been shrinking since 2007 when Sambo
became governor and decided to rubbish the party and its supporters.
The party leaders said that in the last
few weeks, a political Tsunami was unleashed on the nation with the
emergence of a new leadership to pilot the affairs of the PDP.
They said, “The PDP in Kaduna State
therefore proudly and wholeheartedly identifies with the new leadership
of the party, under Alhaji Kawu Baraje and follows in the footsteps of
its sister chapters of Adamawa, Jigawa and Taraba states in setting up
new leadership to give our party a new lease of life.”
But the Kaduna State chapter of the PDP said that it was in support of the Tukur group in the party.
The PDP’s Public Relations Officer in
the state, Ibrahim Mansur, in a statement said the party executive in
the state rejected the “ploy” by the former chairman to destroy the
party.
He said any attempt at creating
confusion by political jobbers under the guise of dirty party politics
in the state would surely attract the attention of law enforcement
agencies.
The state read in part, “There is only
one PDP, which is the one led by Bamanga Tukur, this much has been
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. The claim by the so
called group is false and totally criminal, as the party is intact and
united under the able leadership of Dr. A. G. Haruna.
“The PDP in Kaduna State remains
undivided and one big family that is committed to the transformation
agenda of our leader, His Excellency President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
and his vice, Sambo.”
But Makama and other pro-Baraje
politicians said that the decision to join the new PDP was taken
after a deep reflection on happenings in the state.
Efforts to get the reaction of Sambo’s
media aide, Sani Umar, did not succeed. He said that he would send his
comments, but he had yet to react as at the time of filling this report.
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